UPDATED 20:13*
SKY customers on the Isle of Wight were without broadband and phone services for several hours today (Wednesday).
According to Sky, customers across most of the Isle of Wight were affected.
Earlier today a spokesman said: "We’re sorry for the service problems that some of our customers may be experiencing on the Isle of Wight.
"BT Openreach has advised that some planned maintenance to their local exchanges has over-run. We’re working with their team to get this resolved as quickly as possible. In the meantime, customers can visit our dedicated service status website or call our customer service team for updates."
The problems were said to have been resolved by mid-afternoon, but returned during the evening.
*The company said at 6pm there were major issues with broadband and phone services in areas across the south.
In a statement on it's service status website the firm said: "We are aware of an issue with the broadband service in the Cowes, Newport, Ryde, Shanklin, Sandown, Ventnor, Blandford, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Shirley, Totton, Wimborne and Woolston areas.
"We are working hard to resolve this and apologise for any inconvenience caused."